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Page 23
... present wishes ? " Julian , in reply , could only remark , " That these injuries had been of long standing - that they had been done in heat of times , and heat of temper , and that Master Bridgenorth , in chris tian kindness , should ...
... present wishes ? " Julian , in reply , could only remark , " That these injuries had been of long standing - that they had been done in heat of times , and heat of temper , and that Master Bridgenorth , in chris tian kindness , should ...
Page 37
... present unhappy King , if he make us look back with regret to the days when the nation was respected abroad , and when devotion and sobri ety were practised at home - But I mean not to vex your spirit by controversy . You have lived ...
... present unhappy King , if he make us look back with regret to the days when the nation was respected abroad , and when devotion and sobri ety were practised at home - But I mean not to vex your spirit by controversy . You have lived ...
Page 57
... present stay rather too long . She had been the gift of the Countess to Julian , whilst a youth , and came of a high - spirited moun- tain breed , remarkable alike for hardiness , for longevity , and for a degree of sagacity approach ...
... present stay rather too long . She had been the gift of the Countess to Julian , whilst a youth , and came of a high - spirited moun- tain breed , remarkable alike for hardiness , for longevity , and for a degree of sagacity approach ...
Page 64
... present state was ill adapted for the resi- dence of the noble proprietor . Yet it had been often the abode , not only of the Lords of Man , but of those state prisoners whom the Kings of Britain sometimes committed to their charge . In ...
... present state was ill adapted for the resi- dence of the noble proprietor . Yet it had been often the abode , not only of the Lords of Man , but of those state prisoners whom the Kings of Britain sometimes committed to their charge . In ...
Page 81
... present heat of the popular mind . My mother's name , and especially that of her con- fessor , Aldrick the Jesuit , has been mentioned . in this beautiful maze of a plot , which , if any such at all exists , she knows as little of as ...
... present heat of the popular mind . My mother's name , and especially that of her con- fessor , Aldrick the Jesuit , has been mentioned . in this beautiful maze of a plot , which , if any such at all exists , she knows as little of as ...
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